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Just a quick note, this years Mystery Ranch x Carryology collaboration is here in the form of the Dragon 2.0. I decided to go for it despite not having a lot of luck with the past two collabs, however mine is slowly making it’s way to Canada and won’t be here for over a month. I do hope to have a review up sometime after that. I quite like the decisions made on the surface. Original Dragon was a bit too large for me, around 30L (though sold as 25L which it definitely wasn’t). This one is 26, and reportedly packs smaller than that which is about right for me. I like the streamlined bottle pockets, the U shaped opening should be great and prevents the Unicorn problem where the harness interfered with the top pocket if you adjusted it to ride high. Organization seems right. The stick-it being detachable seems great, and I like how it gives the option of a more technical aesthetic vs a cleaner one. Laptop carry in these is far better than a GORUCK and these external access zippers are also ideal for that. Just seems like a good package and I kinda loved the Blitz 30 just found it a bit too big and tactical. ...

Just a quick note that the GORUCK GR1, full 1000d with front and side molle, is about to get the much loved quick access pocket. Actually it’s technically already here, but only in hot pink. However I’ve seen screenshots of an email someone posted from GORUCK support stating that other colors, including black, are inbound within the next couple months. This is fantastic news, the quick access pocket is a massively requested and very useful feature, and for so long was only available on very expensive and rare collaboration or heritage bags. Now it’s arrived on the ripstop GR1/GR2, the two compartment Bullets, and now/soon the 1000d GR1. This continues to incidicate that GORUCK is making an effort to deliver bags a little more tailored to EDC. Looking back at what GORUCK has released in the last year or so, (the two compartment Bullet 18L, the ripstop / waxed canvas / 500d M23, the ripstop GR1 and GR2 with QAP), these are the bags I’d always wanted from them. ...